Abstract

Independence of national justice systems in the EU.
Topics: assessment of the national justice system in terms of the independence of courts and judges; importance of each of the following aspects with regard to the assessment: interference from government and politicians, interference from economic or other groups with specific interest, insufficient independence of status and position of judges.
Demography: involvement in disputes that went to court in the last two years; age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.
Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.

Temporal Coverage

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

total

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Belgium

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Bulgaria

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Czech Republic

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Denmark

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Germany

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Estonia

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Ireland

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Greece

2019-01-10
/ 2019-01-11

Spain

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

France

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Croatia

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Italy

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Cyprus

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Latvia

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Lithuania

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Luxembourg

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Hungary

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Malta

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Netherlands

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Austria

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Poland

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Portugal

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Romania

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Slovenia

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

Slovakia

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Finland

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-10

Sweden

2019-01-09
/ 2019-01-11

United Kingdom

Geographic Coverage

Belgium (BE)

Bulgaria (BG)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Denmark (DK)

Germany (DE)

Estonia (EE)

Ireland (IE)

Greece (GR)

Spain (ES)

France (FR)

Italy (IT)

Cyprus (CY)

Latvia (LV)

Lithuania (LT)

Luxembourg (LU)

Hungary (HU)

Malta (MT)

Netherlands (NL)

Austria (AT)

Poland (PL)

Portugal (PT)

Romania (RO)

Slovenia (SI)

Slovakia (SK)

Finland (FI)

Sweden (SE)

Croatia (HR)

United Kingdom (GB)

Sampled Universe

Population of the respective nationalities of the European Union Member States and other EU nationals, resident in each of the 28 Member States and aged 15 years and over.

Sampling

Probability Sample: Multistage Sample

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview)

Data and File Information

Number of Variables:
157

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Alternative Identifiers

ZA7496 (Type: ZA-No.)

Internationale Umfrageprogramme (Type: FDZ)

Publications

European Commission: Flash Eurobarometer 474. Perceived Independence of the National Justice Systems in the EU among the General Public. Survey requested by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers and co-ordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM “Media monitoring and Eurobarometer” Unit). Brussels, April 2019. doi:10.2838/60311

European Commission, Brussels
(2019):
Flash Eurobarometer 474 (Perceived Independence of the National Justice Systems in the EU among the General Public, 2019).
Version:
1.0.0.
GESIS Data Archive.Dataset.http://doi.org/10.4232/1.13292